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Please come and share your suggestions on features you would like to see in the new software system. If you have any questions please contact Nicole Jordan at atlanticyards@esd.ny.gov. Thank you for your continued commitment to the overall success of this project.

This app--a way to centralize public comments and complaints about the impacts of project construction and operation--could be a good thing, especially if it centralizes all communication, including via 311 and from people who don't have smartphones.

However, if complaints are deemed "closed" when they're not really resolved--as suggested at a meeting last week of the Atlantic Yards Community Development Corporation (AY CDC)--that won't represent progress.